Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-21
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From the San Francisco Examiner.
"John NJ. Burneil, one Of the pruprietors
Of The Rocky Mountain Ners, Denver, II
kicking himself very hard, these days said
Clifton Aeudersun, Of Leadville, 70 an Er.
aminer reporter at the Baldwin yesterday.
"up n six months ago he owned the Iron
Masque mine at Red Clifi, almost entire II
VS. pretty good mine, and had large de-
posits Of lead and silver carbonates both
above and below the quartzite. but Burnell
We afraid OF IT,
"Hs h.d had an unusually hard time
aud hsd gone through some awful winters
there But this WAS not sll He had gone
To Leadville In the early aud exceedingly
rough days Of rs, and with John Arkins
and Cad Davis started the Leddriiie Chron.
icie. They were just swinging into line and
getting In their profits we'll on advertisinR
aud JOB work, when II struck Burnell-in
view Of the fact Of scores OF astonishingly
rich strikssAround 'here.thst he never was
cut out ~ an editor, but that on the contrary
he was born miner, and that II he would
/ only go forth with pick and spade he would
l speedily unearth such mighty bonAnzss ~
would mako him famous throughout ali
time.
." He sold his interest In the Chronicle for
= very small figure, considering and started
In on his new career. just then Leadville
| swelled into magic city OF 5000, and the
! way Davis and Atkins ed in the sheksls
| in the printing business WAS caution alike
u new aud old hands Arkins made 10
| much money that he piued for q bigger field,
/ and went down to Denver and bought .
heavy interest In the NeTs there. Davis
Burnslfs other old partner, did ~ well, too,
that besides owning the leadville Chronicle
l entire, he bought he Leadville Democrat,
and to-day owns both, Is president OF q
l.eadvills bank and what not.
"a Nl,sA kts~A Iz,A Al~A t-.l
! been very short with Burnell. He did, rec
or four years ago get in some &, 900 for q
| mining claim, but he speedily put this ali in
the ground again, % that for most oil the
tune since 80, at least, he WAS dead broke.
| Several times he cut loose from the mines
| temporarily and went back to Leadvile tc
Davis office and worked st the case to raise q
| lew dollars
"Iu the money went again, until he was
~ fl at as toundsr in the financial world,
| and still no paying ora Burnell said he be
lieved all the powers OF earth were conspir
| ing to try aud convince him that he would
, | never strike il, and in sheer desperation hs
dubbed his claim the Iron Mosque saying
. / in All mused but undismayed way, that the
| great beds of silver were masked in IL o.
| from him.
Then he would renew his attacks on the
'pitiless rocks himself holding the drill anu
/ working like a hero with his men,
"Whst was Burnsli's great 10y, therefore
, | whsn in how ling night of January last b,
!, | Was awakened from dreams OF wealth In hi
| rude bed in his cabin and told by one of tn,
night SHIFT that he had indeed struck it
Burnell thought il ne had even made Q S25,.
/ 900 raise he " ould forever shake the rough
. | mountains He put on his Old clay-stsine,
I | suit of clothes and went forth through tn,
snow into the keen, crisp mountain air. Ii,
, | climbed into the bucket, and by the light o
a tallow candle was 10 wered down the Ion,
shaft
, "Sure enough there were the glistenins